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Present	Professor of Economics, Iowa State University
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Agricultural and Resource Economics, Finance, and Industrial Organization

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Ames, IA 50011-1070

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The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary ...

CARD Briefing Papers (1995)

David A. Hennessy, Bruce A. Babcock and Dermot J. Hayes

One of the more intriguing alternatives under consideration for the 1995 Farm Bill is the "Iowa Plan." This idea originated ...

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Characterizing and Comprehending Land Use Change in the Loess Hills ...

Agricultural Policy Review (2015)

Gaurav Arora, Peter T. Wolter, Hongli Feng and David A. Hennessy

Regional land use change has important implications for ecosystems and the local human population. Metropolitan areas (MAs) are placing increasing ...

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Hog Markets and the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus

Agricultural Policy Review (2014)

David A. Hennessy

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) has spread rapidly through the United States swine herd since initial diagnosis in spring 2013. ...

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The EC Livestock Sector: Policy, Trade, and Research

GATT Research Papers (1994)

Dermot J. Hayes, John Murphy and David A. Hennessy

Livestock policies in the European Community (EC) are explained and analyzed. Then we provide a review of the literature on ...

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Thesis

Applications of contingent claims theory to microeconomic problems

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1993)

David A. Hennessy

In this thesis contingent claims techniques have been applied to various specifications of the economic problem of optimizing the expected ...

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Getting More Corn Acres from the Corn Belt

Iowa Ag Review

Bruce A. Babcock and David A. Hennessy

There is no doubt that the ethanol boom will mean a signifi cant increase in corn acres over the next ...

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The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary ...

Iowa Ag Review

Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock and David A. Hennessy

One of the more intriguing alternatives under consideration for the 1995 farm bill is the "Iowa Plan.'' This idea originated ...

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Land Use Change and Policy in Iowa’s Loess Hills

CARD Working Papers (2015)

Gaurav Arora, Peter T. Wolter, David A. Hennessy and Hongli Feng

We consider land use change in Iowa’s Loess Hills, which contain much of the state’s remaining prairie grassland. Although crop ...

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Testing for Complementarity: Glyphosate Tolerant Soybeans and Conservation Tillage

CARD Working Papers (2015)

Edward D. Perry, GianCarlo Moschini and David A. Hennessy

Many decisions in agriculture are made over combinations of inputs and/or practices that may be complements. The presence of complementarity ...

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Assessing Cost-Effectiveness of the Conservation Reserve Program and its Interaction ...

CARD Working Papers (2014)

Ruiqing Miao, Hongli Feng, David A. Hennessy and Xiaodong Du

Strong demand for agricultural commodities, high crop prices and pressure to reduce government budget deficits heighten the need for land ...

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Rationality of Choices in Subsidized Crop Insurance Markets

CARD Working Papers (2014)

Xiaodong Du, Hongli Feng and David A. Hennessy

The U.S. crop insurance market has several features that set it apart from other insurance markets. These include:(a) explicit government ...

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Biosecurity and Disease Management in China’s Animal Agriculture Sector

CARD Working Papers (2013)

Xinjie Wei, Wanlong Lin and David A. Hennessy

China’s livestock production sector is changing rapidly to meet a variety of challenges. At the same time, China’s domestic consumers ...

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Strategic Interactions Among Private and Public Efforts when Preventing and ...

CARD Working Papers (2013)

David A. Hennessy and Tong Wang

Upon outbreak of a contagious animal disease, a primary motive for restoring disease-free status is often to regain access to ...

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Biosecurity Externalities and Indemnities for Infectious Animal Diseases

CARD Working Papers (2013)

David A. Hennessy

In animal agriculture, biosecurity decisions are dispersed across many herd owners. Choices impacting disease spread will be determined by impacts ...

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Native Grassland Conversion: the Roles of Risk Intervention and Switching ...

CARD Working Papers (2013)

Ruiqing Miao, David A. Hennessy and Hongli Feng

We develop a real option model of the irreversible native grassland conversion decision. Upon plowing, native grassland can be followed ...

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The Effects of Crop Insurance Subsidies and Sodsaver on Land ...

CARD Working Papers (2012)

Ruiqing Miao, David A. Hennessy and Hongli Feng

There have long been concerns that federal crop insurance subsidies may significantly impact land use decisions. It is well known ...

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Modeling Interdependent Participation Incentives: Dynamics of a Voluntary Livestock Disease ...

CARD Working Papers (2012)

Tong Wang and David A. Hennessy

This paper models producers’ interdependent incentives to participate in a voluntary livestock disease control program. Under strategic complementarity among participation ...

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Animal Disease and the Industrialization of Agriculture

CARD Working Papers (2010)

David A. Hennessy and Tong Wang

The industrialization of animal agriculture has fundamentally transformed animal health markets while animal health innovations have promoted this industrialization. The ...

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Investment in Cellulosic Biofuel Refineries: Do Renewable Identification Numbers Matter?

CARD Working Papers (2010)

Ruiqing Miao, David A. Hennessy and Bruce A. Babcock

A floor and trade policy in Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) is the market mechanism by which U.S. biofuel consumption mandates ...

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Where Are the Veterinarian Shortage Areas Anyway?

CARD Working Papers (2010)

Tong Wang, David A. Hennessy and Annette M. O'Connor

This paper describes an econometric model to evaluate factors associated with a county’s likelihood of being designated as a private ...

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Testing Day's Conjecture that More Nitrogen Decreases Crop Yield ...

CARD Working Papers (2010)

Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy and Cindy L. Yu

While controversy surrounds skewness attributes of typical yield distributions, a better understanding is important for agricultural policy assessment and for ...

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A Crop Yield Expectation Stochastic Process with Beta Distribution as ...

CARD Working Papers (2009)

David A. Hennessy

The modeling of price risk in the theory and practice of commodity risk management has been developed far beyond that ...

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The Impact of Biofuels Policy on Agribusiness Stock Prices

CARD Working Papers (2009)

Fatma Sine Tepe, Xiaodong Du and David A. Hennessy

Corn markets are important for many industries, including the seed, fertilizer, meat production/processing and agricultural machinery sectors, all of which ...

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Land Retirement Program Design in the Presence of Crop Insurance ...

CARD Working Papers (2009)

David A. Hennessy

The U.S. federal government implements environmental, biofuels and crop insurance programs that influence land use. They are not well integrated ...

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Pass-Through in United States Beef Cattle Prices

CARD Working Papers (2009)

Huan Zhao, Xiaodong Du and David A. Hennessy

Feeder cattle are fattened to become fed live cattle six months later. The U.S. feeder cattle industry is intensively competitive, ...

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